Provided is an electrochemical cell comprising a working electrode and a counter electrode. The working electrode comprises an electrode base material, a CO.sub.2 adsorbent, and a binder. Application of a voltage between the working electrode and the counter electrode causes electrons to be supplied from the counter electrode to the working electrode, and enables the CO.sub.2 adsorbent to bind to CO.sub.2 as electrons are supplied. The binder has electrical conductivity, and the CO.sub.2 adsorbent is held in the electrode base material by the binder.

Disclosed are super-hydrophobic, super oleophilic membranes comprising a metal mesh comprising copper, a coating comprising a carbohydrate derivative, wherein the carbohydrate derivative is covalently or ionically bonded to a metal mesh surface and methods of preparation thereof. The disclosed membranes are useful for wastewater treatment in the oil industry, in particular for oil/water separation processes.

An organic light emitting display device may include a filling part filling a space between a second substrate and an organic light emitting diode, and a dam structure disposed in a non-display area and surrounding the filling part. At least one of the dam structure and the filling part includes a getter. The getter of the present disclosure is composed of magnesium oxide particles whose surfaces are modified into a first surface modification part made of an amino silane-based compound and a second surface modification part bound to the first surface modification part and made of a compound containing an acrylate group and a methacrylate group. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an organic light emitting display device that has high transparency and of which optical properties and durability are improved by minimizing permeation of water and oxygen.

An organic light emitting display device may include a filling part filling a space between a second substrate and an organic light emitting diode, and a dam structure disposed in a non-display area and surrounding the filling part. At least one of the dam structure and the filling part includes a getter. The getter of the present disclosure is composed of magnesium oxide particles whose surfaces are modified into a first surface modification part made of an amino silane-based compound and a second surface modification part bound to the first surface modification part and made of a compound containing an acrylate group and a methacrylate group. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an organic light emitting display device that has high transparency and of which optical properties and durability are improved by minimizing permeation of water and oxygen.

A direct air capture of CO2 system and method including a chamber defining a microwave cavity, a microwave heating unit coupled to the chamber in electromagnetic communication, and a sorbent structure carried within the chamber. The sorbent structure includes one or more porous support structures each having a plurality of pores and channels formed therethrough providing a large area of surfaces coated by nanoparticles of CO2 adsorbent material. A motor fan creates an air flow through the chamber and the sorbent structure carried therein. CO2 in the air is adsorbed by the CO2 adsorbent material. The microwave heating unit heats the CO2 adsorbent material to desorb the CO2 for further sequestration or value-added utilization.

A direct air capture of CO2 system and method including a chamber defining a microwave cavity, a microwave heating unit coupled to the chamber in electromagnetic communication, and a sorbent structure carried within the chamber. The sorbent structure includes one or more porous support structures each having a plurality of pores and channels formed therethrough providing a large area of surfaces coated by nanoparticles of CO2 adsorbent material. A motor fan creates an air flow through the chamber and the sorbent structure carried therein. CO2 in the air is adsorbed by the CO2 adsorbent material. The microwave heating unit heats the CO2 adsorbent material to desorb the CO2 for further sequestration or value-added utilization.

A method to form a phase change material (PCM). The method includes preparing a polymer solution by mixing an amount of a polymer in a solvent and mixing the polymer solution with an UiO-66 metal-organic framework (MOF) to form a composite. The polymer is a polyethylene glycol (PEG). The method further includes subjecting the composite to ultrasonic agitation and evaporating the solvent from the composite to form the PCM. After the evaporation of the solvent, particles of the PCM exhibit rounded octahedral structures.

A method, comprising i) contacting an aqueous solution of an organic ligand salt of the formula A.sub.X(L.sup.−X) with a mesoporous material (MPM) to form an impregnated mesoporous salt material of the formula A.sub.X(L.sup.−X)/MPM, ii) treating the impregnated mesoporous salt material with an aqueous acidic solution to form an impregnated mesoporous acid material of the formula H.sub.X(L.sup.−X)/MPM, iii) contacting an aqueous solution of a metal precursor of the formula M.sup.+y(B)y with the impregnated mesoporous acid material to form an impregnated mesoporous metal organic framework precursor of the formula [M.sup.+y(B).sub.y][H.sub.x(L.sup.−x)]/MPM, and iv) at least one of 1) heating the impregnated mesoporous metal organic framework precursor in the absence of a solvent or 2) exposing the impregnated mesoporous metal organic framework precursor to a volatile vapor in the absence of a solvent such that the heating or the exposing forms a hybrid material of the formula (M.sup.+yL.sup.−x)/MPM, wherein the hybrid material comprises a nano-crystalline metal organic framework (MOF) embedded within the mesoporous material.

The present invention concerns a pet litter comprising a composition comprising 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol. The present invention further relates to methods and uses of a composition comprising 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol in pet litters, in particular for promoting in-litter elimination by pets.

The present invention concerns a pet litter comprising a composition comprising 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol. The present invention further relates to methods and uses of a composition comprising 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol in pet litters, in particular for promoting in-litter elimination by pets.